EC202 C1 – Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis

Boston University, Spring 2012 [ARCHIVED; see main page]
Instructor: Jeremy B. Smith, PhD

Resources:

Course Outline (PDF)

Practice for the first mid-term: Practice Exam 1 and Solutions | Practice Exam 2 and Solutions (PDF)

Solutions to the first mid-term (PDF)

Material from our classroom digressions on growth and inequality:

• Real GDP per Capita (PDF, calculated from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts Table 7.1, line 10, as of March 29, 2012)
• Real Household Income by Quintile (PDF, calculated from the Census Bureau, Income Inequality Table H-3, as of November 2011)
• Growth in Output and Factors of Production (PDF, calculated from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Multifactor Productivity Tables, as of March 21, 2012)
• The Index of Economic Well-being by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards

Practice for the second mid-term: Practice Exam 1 and Solutions | Practice Exam 2 and Solutions (PDF)

Solutions to the second mid-term (PDF)

Practice for the final exam: Final from Spring 2011 and Solutions (PDF)

Solutions to the final exam (PDF)

Exam Grades (PDF)

Practice Problems:

PS1: Chapter 3, problems 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 and Chapter 5, problem 5. | Solutions (PDF)

PS2: Chapter 4, problems 2, 4, 5 and Chapter 5, problems 2 (excluding part d.), 3 (part a. only), 4, 8, 9. | Solutions (PDF)

PS3: Chapter 6, problem 3; this extra problem (PDF); and Chapter 7, problems 2, 4, 5, 8. | Solutions (PDF)

PS4: Chapter 7, problems 3 and 9, and this extra problem (PDF). | Solutions (PDF)

PS5: These three problems (PDF). | Solutions (PDF)

PS6: This problem (PDF). | Solutions (PDF)

PS7: Chapter 14, problems 5 and 7 (excluding part d.); and Chapter 15, problems 3 and 6 (part a. only). | Solutions (PDF)

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